Case in focus: Rugby Football Union vs Clark Smith Partnership Ltd and FM Conway Ltd

By Ted Lowery2022-10-04T06:00:00

A dispute over the scope of an employer’s insurance policy

The case

The Rugby Football Union vs Clark Smith Partnership Ltd and FM Conway Ltd [2022] EWHC 956 (TCC)
Before Mr Justice Eyre
Technology and Construction Court
Judgment delivered 29 April 2022

The facts

During 2012 the RFU engaged several contractors in connection with a project to improve Twickenham Stadium for the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The RFU advised contractors that it was considering establishing an owner-controlled insurance programme to provide an insurance fund as the sole remedy for making good any losses associated with the project.

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